It indeed was a close match today and a pity that he lost, but I'm happy he lost a close match and didn't get blown away by Nico. Also saw that his stats improved, which is always good.

Arno said "at least it was tennis" ! Well pity he lost

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Did Ascione also say why he quit working with Boris? I will miss him , though I will probably see him in Mons, cause Adrian and Nico are also there.

When he said that he said that was a tough match because Arno and Nico know well each other but also for trainers as Julien Jeanpierre is one of the best friend of Nico and Boris was the trainer of Arno until 3 weeks ago. No reason Maybe he gives one later ? True it's strange because in newport Arno was helped by a friend for his club and Nico by Julien and fews weeks ago it's arno who is helped by Julien And I don't know if Julien is really the coach of Arno or an help

I do hope Arnaud gets through qualies (if he decides to go) or plays doubles, cause I really can't go during q weekend.

Yes I hope but qualies are never easy and if he goes he will play vs players who will have nothing to lose against him. Tough

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Did he say he's 95% sure to continue in 2012? I used google translate... I can't wait until my French is good enough to be able to read it myself. I will need to start planning how many tournaments to save my money for.

He said "Anyway, I found some confidence and I'm ready at 95% for 2012 even if we will make an analyse at the end of the season. "
He will have to check how the body is and his motivation to start in very small tournaments I think.

I do hope Arnaud gets through qualies (if he decides to go) or plays doubles, cause I really can't go during q weekend.

He's not in the qualy draw of Mons With the withdrawals I think he finished only 1 out from the MD Well maybe a little chance there was one more very late We'll have to put an eye an the MD and why not the doubles draw. It's cruel if you miss him for one spot even if you have Sergiy.

Edit the draw has been made and as expected he's not in. I assume that with 3 q matches he will surely have been tired before the MD and it can be one reason to avoid the qualies as a challenger gives less points than a ATP tournaments or because of the sun he has decided to go to the beach

I am disappointed he's not there, but also a little bit relieved. I am so busy next week that it would have been a hassle to go to Mons for a day. And even if I enjoy the tournament very much and I like a lot of the players there, I won't go. Also because I am going to Bercy next month, it is just so close together that I will just see Sergiy and my other faves there.

I never see him play but i saw many time his names this year. He has some close match or win vs good players.
Arno said after the double say they were there to win the title because at least for him it is possible more than for single. So Arno is not full of confidence for single

Just look the results and the not very sucessful team spend 2 hours on court today for their doubles. It must a tactic by Nico to tire Arno for tomorrow I was fun listening Arno that they wanted the title but they can't win together Tomorrow scheduled as last match for their nineth encounters 7-1 for Nico

I was wondering about his schedule until the end of the year and for the start of 2012

Next week Orleans but then nothing sure It looks that he won't try the qualies of the both 500 but he will surely try the Bercy qualies. I don't know if he will stop after that or play the last challengers For the Interclub I found nothing. Marignane is playing in second division this year so he could not play them. And for 2012 i'm not sure he will fly down under

Very disappointed that i watched this match. Arnaud was really bad today, enough to say Mahut lost only 7 points on his serve - 6-3 6-3
Clement finished both break-games in second set with double-fault, had conversations with referee. He seemed really frustrated on the court and didn't have the fighting spirit.

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Clement finished both break-games in second set with double-fault, had conversations with referee.

Do you understand about what ?

I didn't watch the match because it started around 11.30 pm I think as Benny was still on court at 11 pm. They had a really stupid schedule and very long matches all the day. You have no idea to make play a veteran so late I don't know if it was a problem for him but for me yes

At the same time a Nico/Arno match you know how it ends and i didn't find Arno was in great form tuesday and in interview too and if you say he didn't fight that's a bad sign Not sure we'll see him a lot until the end of the year. Body is maybe hurting and the head doesn't follow